Alkaline Trio Announce New Album “Is This Thing Cursed?” For August 31

July 19, 2018

ALKALINE TRIO ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘IS THIS THING CURSED?’

CD/DIGITAL RELEASE ON AUGUST 31 + VINYL RELEASE ON OCTOBER 19

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW

WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR NEW SONG “BLACKBIRD”

BAND ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR DATES

Alkaline Trio announce a new album Is This Thing Cursed? that is to be released on CD/digital on August 31 and on vinyl on October 19. Pre-orders are available now at: http://www.alkalinetrio.com This is the band’s 9th studio release and their first new music in 5 years.

Watch the video for the band’s new song “Blackbird”:

Produced and mixed by Cameron Webb, Is This Thing Cursed? is the first Alkaline Trio album written almost entirely in the studio. It’s when the songs began to come together that the band noticed the new material forming parallels with Maybe I’ll Catch Fire. According to the band, Is This Thing Cursed? is a cousin or sibling to Fire. Co-lead vocalist and bassist Dan Andriano explains, “the songwriting process is almost like what it was back in the day. We would just kind of write a song, be excited about it, then move on. We wrote in that spirit in the studio. I really feel like we made a record that the old school fans are going to dig.”

In June, Alkaline Trio announced a headlining US tour. Co-lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Skiba notes, “Some people thought we were done. We announced a tour and a lot of the shows are already sold out. Nobody knows that we made a new record. It’s not unlike getting somebody that you care about something extra super special for their birthday and you’re really excited to give it to them. It feels kind of like that.”

The August dates begin August 3 in Dallas, TX at The Bomb Factory and go throughout August 26 in Orlando, FL at House of Blues. The second leg picks-up on October 4 in Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory and will conclude on October 18 on Santa Cruz, at The Catalyst. Together PANGEA is on the tour as support.